Southwestern States

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. The enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona (11)
  2. 7. A state in southwestern United States on the ___ border (9)
  3. 9. Animal you can ride that gallops (plural) (6)
  4. 11. The second largest state (5)
  5. 12. Dry land with very little rain (6)

Down

  1. 1. Deeply eroded barren land (8)
  2. 2. Large hare of western North America (10)
  3. 3. A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback (plural) (7)
  4. 4. A state in southwestern United States (7)
  5. 6. Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined (8)
  6. 8. A state in south central United States (8)
  7. 10. Large furry animal that hibernates in winter (plural) (5)